{"id":190,"date":"2018-12-05T20:50:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/?p=190"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:27:00","slug":"graduate-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/graduate-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Resident!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Current Resident<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-image-498 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-996x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Heather Vega, PT, DPT\" class=\"wp-image-529\" style=\"width:264px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-996x1024.jpeg 996w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-292x300.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-768x790.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-1494x1536.jpeg 1494w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-1992x2048.jpeg 1992w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-375x386.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-750x771.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-1140x1172.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4437-1-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heather Vega PT, DPT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Heather grew up in Maine, completed her DPT at Texas State University and is currently enjoying all that the PNW has to offer. She is pursuing a pediatric residency to deepen her understanding of pediatric care across settings and develop her skills to be able to best serve pediatric patients and their families. She hopes to one day work as a NICU physical therapist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Past Residents<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Maya King, PT, DPT\" class=\"wp-image-531\" style=\"width:239px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/IMG_4387-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maya King PT, DPT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maya King is our fifth resident and graduated in 2025. She has moved back to Virginia to be closer to family and is practicing in pediatrics in a health system.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"Kimberly Ward, PT, DPT, PCS\" class=\"wp-image-603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/image.png 268w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/image-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kimberly Ward PT, DPT, PCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kimberly Ward was our fifth resident. She graduated in 2024. She is now working in Early Intervention at Wonderland Child and Family Services and is part of the Washington National Guard.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Daniel Millar, PT, DPT, MHA, PCS\" class=\"wp-image-547\" style=\"width:317px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1.png 918w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-750x750.png 750w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-07-at-1.51.42-PM-1-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Millar PT, DPT, MHA, PCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniel Millar was our fourth resident. He graduated in 2023. He is now working at Rehab Without Walls.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-493 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Wendy Schnare, PT, DPT, PCS\" class=\"wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-375x250.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/thumbnail_Headshot2021.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wendy Schnare PT, DPT, PCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wendy Schnare was our third resident and she graduated in 2022. She is currently working at Oakland Medical Center in outpatient pediatrics<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Kaycee-Pic-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kaycee Howell, PT, DPT, PCS\" class=\"wp-image-584\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Kaycee-Pic-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/Kaycee-Pic.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kaycee Howell PT, DPT, PCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaycee Howell was our second resident and graduated in 2021. She joined the staff at Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital and is working on the acute care rotation, and is now a mentor in our residency program.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium alignnone wp-image-362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"white female with blonde hair and wearing a peach shirt, standing outside in the sunshine.\" class=\"wp-image-362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-684x1024.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-375x562.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-750x1124.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602-1140x1708.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/IMG_0602.jpeg 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelsey Pauley, MA, PT, DPT, PCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kelsey Pauley was our first resident. Kelsey joined the UW\/SCH Pediatric PT Residency from her hometown of Avon, IN, and completed her residency in July &nbsp;2020. She is now working at St. Louis Childrens Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Current Resident Heather grew up in Maine, completed her DPT at Texas State University and is currently enjoying all that the PNW has to offer. She is pursuing a pediatric residency to deepen her understanding of pediatric care across settings and develop her skills to be able to best serve pediatric patients and their&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/graduate-stories\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pt-residencies.rehab.washington.edu\/pediatric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}